Each work begins with climate data from recent wildfires — translated into luminous, cloudlike forms that draw the viewer in with colour, texture, and sparkle. From the candy-coated whimsy of Bubblegum Sky to the stormy weight of Jasper and Evros, these pieces play with allure and denial, seduction and catastrophe. By disguising environmental trauma in beauty, Atkinson asks us to consider how we, too, gloss over reality — hiding disaster behind filters, spectacle, and distraction, even as the world burns around us.
Kelowna 3, 2025
Silkscreen
23 x 35 in. | Hemp Heritage 80# text – 118 gsm | Edition of 20
